In the kingdom of crooked mirrors

Mikhail Shifman ,
doc. physics and mathematics Sciences, professor at the University of Minnesota (USA), laureate of the Pomeranchuk Prize (2013), commented on the dismissal of A. Gorsky as follows:

...Sasha Gorsky is one of the small number of truly active theorists remaining at ITEP, i.e. not those who imitate (or even no longer imitate) the work, but who put their soul, all their time and talent into it. Of those who live it. 20 years ago he could have gone to the West. But he didn’t leave. The thought that he would bring more benefit by teaching students in Moscow warmed him. The real reason for the dismissal, of course, is not what is stated in the note below, but that Sasha is an honest person and is not afraid to say what he thinks. Well, who needs honest people in the kingdom of crooked mirrors these days...

See the text of the memo presented by A. Gorsky here:
http://trv-science.ru/2014/04/21/gorsky